The journey to Trivandrum was on the
drawing board for a long time. A family function at Ernakulam, and a short
Vacation for college set the scene for my trip to Trivandrum. Choosing the
operator was simple – but there still was some dilemma. I badly wanted to try
the route via Nagercoil – at the same time, I wanted to travel through the
Alappuzha route as well. My previous Trivandrum-Bangalore journey was by Kerala
SRTC’s Garuda Volvo – which was just months old then. That was a mind blowing
journey – there were no multi-axle buses at that time. So this time, I wanted
to try the same route in a Multi-axle. The chosen operator was Kallada G4 –
tickets were booked through my contact. The journey was initially planned for
November 12, but I had to post pone it to November 14. The postponing process
was simple – just called up Kallada G4’s office in Irinjalakuda – the person at
the other end was very helpful. The ticket was confirmed – however, I did not
receive any message. I called up …